Mary Opeloge Explained
Mary Opeloge |
Nationality: | Samoan |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1992 |
Birth Place: | Motoʻotua, Samoa |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Event: | 75 kg |
Show-Medals: | no |
Updated: | 30 January 2022 |
Mary Opeloge (born 24 January 1992) is a Samoan weightlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[2] [3] She won Gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.[4]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished in 11th place in the women's 75 kg event.[5] She was the flagbearer for Samoa during the opening ceremony.[6]
Personal life
Mary is the younger sister of Ele & Niusila Opeloge who are Commonwealth Gold medalists.[7] She also has two other brothers who are also weightlifters.[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Glasgow 2014 profile . 11 October 2014 .
- News: Sport: Silver and bronze for Pacific lifters . Radio New Zealand . 30 July 2014 .
- News: Silver Effort . Samoa Observer . 31 July 2014 .
- Web site: Mary disappointed with win. Narain. Pravin. 28 May 2016. 28 May 2016.
- Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101542/https://www.rio2016.com/en/weightlifting-standings-wl-womens-75kg-2 . 2016-08-26 .
- Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. 2016-08-16. 2016-08-27.
- Web site: Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting . RNZ . 20 October 2021 . 27 October 2021.
- Web site: Weightlifting: Siblings bring home gold for Samoa. Leggat. David. 12 October 2010. NZ Herald. 28 May 2016.